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Eliza (Custer's cook), “Queen of Sheba,”
Elliot, Joel
“Emancipation proclamation” of John C. Fremont
Emory, William
troops at Battle of Cedar Creek
Endicott, William
Enlightenment, war during the
Escobedo, Mariano
Evans, Clement
attacks Indian village
missing
Ewell, Richard
as prisoner of war
Reserve Corps
at Sailor's Creek
surrenders
Ewing, Ellen (later Sherman)
Farmville
Fascists, 1920s Italy
Field, Marshall
5th Cavalry, escorts Yellowstone expedition
Finck & Dittoe dry goods
1st US Cavalry
Fisher's Hill
Crook's resentment over
Five Forks
as Waterloo of the Confederacy
Flanders, Benjamin
Florida
Forest and Stream
(magazine)
Forrest, Nathan Bedford
Förster, Stig and Jörg Nagler,
On the Road to Total War
Forsyth, George
Forsyth, James
Fort Laramie treaties
Forts, benefit their communities
Fourteenth Amendment
4th Cavalry
France, in Mexico
Franco-Prussian War
casualties
Sheridan advises Bismarck
Franklin, William B.
Frederic Charles, The Red Prince
Frederick William IV, King
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Freedmen's Bureau
Freeman, Douglas Southall,
Lee's Lieutenants
Fremont, John C.
“From Limited War to Total War in America” (McPherson)
Front Royal
Frontier Regulars
Fullerton, Joseph S.
Gainor, Thomas
Gall (Sioux chief)
Galveston, Texas
Garesché, Julius
Garfield, James A.
assassinated
“Garry Owen” (7th Cavalry anthem)
Gary, Martin
Gatling gun
Geneva Convention
Geological Survey, US
Georgia
battle of Chickamauga Creek
as Confederate stronghold
Germany, and total war
Geronimo (Apache chief)
Getty, George
troops at Battle of Cedar Creek
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Custer at
Gouverneur Warren at
Jeb Stuart at
Pickett's Charge
Gibbon, John
negotiates formal surrender
Northern Plains campaign
Gibbons, James (Cardinal)
Gilbert, Charles
Gilmer, Harry
Gilmore, Harry
Gold rush
Gordon, Fanny
Gordon, John
at Appomattox Court House
at Battle of Cedar Creek
on eve of surrender
life and career
meets with Lee
meets with Sheridan
negotiates formal surrender
plans Battle of Cedar Creek
Reminiscences of the Civil War
troops at Appomattox Court House
troops at Petersburg
troops leave Shenandoah
Grand Army of the Republic, veterans
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
Grand Review of the Armies
Grande Ronde Indian reservation
Granger, Gordon
angers Grant
personality
Granger, Moses
Grant, Fred
Grant, Orvil
Grant, Ulysses S.
angered by Granger
appointed Lieutenant General
assumes command of the Army of the Cumberland
attends Sheridan's wedding
on the Battle of the Wilderness
and Black Hills treaty
on buffalo extermination
calls upon Lee to surrender
on cavalry's Virginia victory
at Chattanooga
credited with victory
defends Sheridan
funeral
on Gouverneur Warren's performance
headquarters
on Indian affairs
injured
in Jetersville
meets with Sheridan
and Northern Plains campaign
orders arms removed from Southern arsenals
orders assault on Petersburg
orders destruction of Shenandoah Valley
orders families of Mosby's Rangers captured
orders march to Petersburg continued
orders to burn Shenandoah Valley
oversight of Army of the Shenandoah
Personal Memoirs
personality
physical appearance
plans reorganization
presidential inauguration
receives Lee's surrender
and Reconstruction
on relations with Mexico
relieves Custer of command
and Sailor's Creek
and Sheridan
and Sheridan's insubordination\
signs bill creating Yellowstone National Park
strategy
suffers migraine
and total war
Gray Ghost, The.
see
Mosby, John
Great Fire of 1871, Chicago
Great Plains, hunting parties
Great Sioux War of 1876
Gregg, David
Greiner, Henry
Greusel, Nicholas
Griener, Henry
Griffin, Charles
commands V Corps
negotiates formal surrender
on postwar Texas
Griffin, Fort
Grinnell, George Bird
Guerrilla fighters
“Half wheel” maneuver
Hall, Frank
Halleck, Henry
advance to Corinth
on Franz Sigel
meets with Sheridan
“Old Brains,”
recommends Sheridan for Cavalry Corps commander
refuses Christmas Day request
telegram to Sheridan
on William Franklin
Halltown
Hamlin, Cyrus
Hamlin, Hannibal
Hampton, Wade
assumes command of the Cavalry Corps
cavalry division
at Gettysburg
to South Carolina
Hampton's cavalry division
Hancock, Winfield Scott
commands Department of the Missouri
Hardee, William
Harper's Ferry
Harris, Moses
Haw's Shop, Virginia
Haxall's Landing, James River
Hayden, Ferdinand
Hayes, Edward M.
Hayes, Rutherford B.
at Battle of Cedar Creek
presidential election
on Sheridan
Hays, Fort
Hazen, William
A Narrative of Military Service
observes Franco-Prussian War
Heap, David
Heavy Runner (Blackfeet Indian)
Heg, Hans
High Bridge, Appomattox River
History of the Nineteenth Army Corps
(Irwin)
Hitler, Adolf
Hoar, George F.
Hocking Valley Canal
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr.
Holocaust
Hood, John Bell
Hooker, Joseph
Horses
Breckenridge (Sheridan's horse)
eaten
reassigned according to color
replacement
Rienzi (Sheridan's horse). See Rienzi (horse)
shot
Traveller (Lee's horse)
Hotchkiss, Jedediah
Howard, S. E.
Hudson's Bay Company trading center
Hunkpapas Indians
Hunter, David
cavalry division
as West Virginia Department commander
Hunter, Robert
Hunting parties, Great Plains
Hutton, Paul A.,
Phil Sheridan and His Army
Immigrants, Irish
“In Memoriam” (poem)
Independence Hall, Philadelphia
Indian Bureau
corruption in
as derelict
reforms to
transferred to Department of War
Indian Peace Commission
Indian Ring
Indian Sign Language, The
(Clark)
Indian Territory
forbidden to white hunters
poaching
Indians (Native Americans).
see
Native Americans
Intelligence
Confederate message intercepted by Union officers
counterintelligence
Grant's, incorrect
importance of
Lee's telegram, intercepted
Sheridan gathers
Intelligence-gathering unit
Irish immigrants
Irwin, Richard Bache,
History of the Nineteenth Army Corps
Isa-Tai (Comanche)
Jackson, Thomas “Stonewall,”
honored by Jubal Early
at Winchester
Jackson, William Henry (photographer)
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
James River
Jefferson, Thomas
Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
Jetersville
Johnson, Andrew
as Confederate sympathizer
demands Stanton's resignation
impeachment
and New Orleans Riot
obstructionism
and Sheridan
Johnson, Bushrod
relieved of command
Johnson, R. W.
Johnson, Richard M.
Johnson, Samuel, biography
Jones, William “Grumble,”
Juarez, Benito
Kansas
Indian raids
Medicine Lodge Creek
Kansas Pacific Railroad
Keogh, Fort
Keogh, Myles
Keokuk Rifles (volunteer company)
Kershaw, Joseph
division at Battle of Cedar Creek
division recalled from Shenandoah
leaves Shenandoah Valley
as prisoner of war
at Sailor's Creek
Kickapoo Indians
Kidd, James
on cavalry formation at Winchester
on Sheridan
Kilpatrick, Hugh Judson “Kill Cavalry,”
Kiowa Indians
Kitching, Howard J.
Know-Nothing Party
Kosciuszko Braves (volunteer company)
Krupp guns
Laiboldt, Bernard
Lamar, Lucius
Langford, Nathaniel
Laramie, Fort
Laurel Brigade
defeated at Tom's Brook (“Woodstock Races”)
Law of War on Land, The
(German General Staff Manual)
Lawrence, Mary and Robert
Laws, Thomas
Leadership, problems
Leavenworth, Fort
School of Application for Cavalry and Infantry
Leavenworth Bulletin
L'École Polytechnique
Lee, Edmond
Lee, Fitzhugh
assumes command
cavalry division
defense of Petersburg
troops at Appomattox Court House
Lee, George W. Custis
Lee, Jesse
Lee, Mrs. Hugh
Lee, Robert E.
at Appomattox Station
on Confederate defeat
defense of Petersburg
on defense of Richmond
headquarters, Petersburg
on Jeb Stuart's death
march to Farmville
meets with Gordon
neutralized
refuses to surrender
relieves Early of command
reply to Jubal Early's report
reports from Jubal Early
retreats from Petersburg
at Sailor's Creek
surrenders
surrenders at Appomattox Court House
telegram ordering rations, intercepted
Lee, William H. F. “Rooney,”
Lee's Lieutenants
(Freeman)
Leopold, Prince
Letcher, John
Lewis, Henry
Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia
Liberty Bell
Lieber, Francis,
Code for the Government of Armies in the Field
Lieutenant general, rank of
Lincoln, Abraham
appoints Grant lieutenant general
approves Grant's plan for Petersburg
assassinated
and the Cavalry Corps
involvement in strategy
on Jefferson Davis
meets Sheridan
meets with Sheridan
political considerations
and total war
wins reelection
and Sheridan
Lincoln, Robert Todd
Lincoln administration
and Army of the Potomac
Lipan Indians
Little Big Horn
effect, on public policy
effect, on Sheridan
public opinion
report, from Alfred Terry
Sheridan visits
Little Big Horn River
Little North Mountain
Little Raven (Arapahoe chief)
Little Robe (Cheyenne chief)
Little Round Top
Little Women
(Alcott)
Llano Estacado plateau, Texas
Lomax, Lunsford
Lone Wolf (Kiowa chief)
Longstreet, James
at Appomattox Court House
on eve of surrender
lectures Custer
message to Early, intercepted
negotiates formal surrender
at odds with Bragg
Longstreet, James, I Corps
Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga
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